19 books recommended by @dcsandbrook in the Times today. All worth buying. Problem is, once I've done that, there's no money left for other people's presents! Thanks Mr Sandbrook.
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@GilesMarshall
Teacher, bibliophile, former political candidate and fan of Ecclesiastes, Antony Trollope and PG Wodehouse (the unexpurgated versions, naturally).
Katılım Nisan 2021
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@CapelLofft It is those preconceptions that I am particularly keen to see challenged.
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Giles is clearly a man of enormous good sense. I hope that my book makes his day less grey, uplifts his mood, and challenges his preconceptions of the Occasional Conformity debate.
GilesPBM@GilesMarshall
Delighted to have received this perk up to a grey day, and what a brilliant opening line. Was prompted by a tweet over the weekend referencing a much lesser book. Thanks @CapelLofft
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Delighted to have received this perk up to a grey day, and what a brilliant opening line. Was prompted by a tweet over the weekend referencing a much lesser book. Thanks @CapelLofft
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150,000 civilians killed in a brutal war. 9 million displaced. And now With the world’s attention focused on crises elsewhere, Sudan’s war-induced famine is growing in what used to be productive farmlands. wsj.com/world/africa/s…
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@holland_tom And I see one of the execs at SiriusXM said he was a recently acquired addict to your podcast. Expecting a transfer request any time soon?!!
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Very proud to be batting for Britain on this list
Goalhanger@GoalhangerHQ
.@dcsandbrook & @holland_tom of @TheRestHistory have made @THR’s Podcast Power Players 2025 - among the 44 most influential in global podcasting. One of only two UK names, praised for turning “academic expertise into podcasting gold.” Read more: hollywoodreporter.com/lists/most-pow…
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Great episode from @dcsandbrook @holland_tom @TheRestHistory on Peter the Great and good to see them hewing closely to R J Unstead's definitive chapter in "Some King's and Queens"! His closing judgement is particularly shrewd. Sorry he wasn't quoted.
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@dcsandbrook describes the Cold War book I've been recommending for years as "sensationally boring". Just hope my students don't read this and bust my credibility wide open!
GIF
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Tom Wilson played Biff in BACK TO THE FUTURE and was fed up of fans asking the same questions so wrote a very funny song about it.
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This is an excellent response to the ridiculous Domimic Cummings interview at the weekend. Cummings rails against the same system he so readily walked in behind without question when it wanted to lock us all up out of fear & refused to listen to others.
thetimes.com/article/8acce5…
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I've read stories this morning about police failures to pursue burglaries & police/transport officers merely watching fare dodgers in action. London doesn't have to be a criminal city. But it needs law enforcement agencies who want to do their job, not stand by helplessly.
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@revpaulwhite This is lovely and the replies are magnificent. A great catch.
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@stoneman_claire @michaeldoron You have phrased this much more diplomatically than I would but it is an important post, thankyou. In sum, if people are passionate about teaching, and think they understand the issues surrounding it and think they can do it effectively - then they should be in the classroom.
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2024 was a busy year so I didn’t blog as often. I really enjoyed it when I did. Here are my top three most popular posts.
Third was this post. It’s about teachers leaving teaching but, perhaps, not leaving the sector.
We’d love you to come back
birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2024/02/17/wed…
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This definitely scratched a long running itch. @OldRoberts953
fires a few well aimed, nicely sharpened arrows at the self-regarding dumbing down of our society. The home of once awe inspiring artistry and splendor now just hectors us all with cartoons.
spectator.co.uk/article/world-…
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Wonderful article - as so often - from @j_amesmarriott -
about the trivialisation of knowledge and the need for a return of the autodidact. Some fascinating observations about our forebears' intellectual curiosity puts us to shame today.
thetimes.com/article/a496c4…
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OK, quick game for all those who are staying on here. Share this post and for every ten retweets we will add a book to form our next (potentially modest, potentially mega!) give-away raffle to our dear followers!
Antigone Journal@AntigoneJournal
Well, we have no plans to leave this platform nor to post on any new emerging alternative. We can't all do everything, as Ovid sang. We're *very* grateful to the community that has come to follow us here and to share the essays of our wonderful roster of writers. Omnibus gratias!
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The pompous Essex Police response here that they act "without fear or favour" is doubtless designed to show themselves as heroic fighters for the law. Not so impressive when set against their shocking record of not investigating crimes that matter.
thetimes.com/article/5e039d…
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